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Franklin Mutual Quest Fund (TEQIX) proxy voting record 2026
Three of its ballots from this season. Vote first, then see what it did with the shares your savings paid for.
The question on the ballot
As filed
Franklin Mutual Series Funds files this fund's proxy votes with the SEC once a year. This is what it did with the shares your retirement savings paid for.
SourceProxy-voting record filed by Franklin Mutual Series Funds on 2026-08-21 · open the filing · vote table (proxyvote.xml, 4.1 MB)
TickersTEQIX (CLASS A), TEMQX (CLASS C), MQIFX (CLASS Z), FMQSX (CLASS R), FMQRX (Class R6) · share classes of one fund, with one proxy-voting record · as listed in its latest SEC filing of proxy votes
How it voted, by issue
Fund companies sometimes file the same proposal under different subjects. So that funds can be compared, each proposal is counted under the subject most of the filings we read gave it, the same for every fund on this site. Counted by this fund’s own filing alone, 1 of its 51 shareholder proposals would sit under a different issue, or under none. On management's own executive pay resolutions, this fund voted in favour 87.2% of the time across 47 votes.
| Issue | Proposals faced | Backed | Share backed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Climate & environment | 13 | 0 | 0% |
| Workers & human rights | 2 | 1 | 50% |
| Pay equity & inclusion | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Executive pay | 2 | 1 | 50% |
| Corporate governance | 17 | 12 | 70.6% |
| Other social issues | 16 | 2 | 12.5% |
Ballots it voted
Wells Fargo & Company · 28 April 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Climate & environment
Should Wells Fargo disclose what it finances, not just what it emits?
Shareholders asked the company to disclose the emissions attached to its lending, underwriting or energy mix — the ratio of clean to fossil financing, or an assessment of its clients’ own transition plans — rather than reporting only the emissions of its own offices.
AGAINST Franklin Mutual Quest Fund voted with 430,935 shares
“Shareholder Proposal - Energy Supply Ratio.”
SourceFranklin Mutual Series Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-21 · accession 0001193125-26-360573 · series S000007863 · open the filing
Wells Fargo & Company · 28 April 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Climate & environment
Report on High-Carbon Financing Litigation Risks.
AGAINST Franklin Mutual Quest Fund voted with 430,935 shares
“Shareholder Proposal - Report on High-Carbon Financing Litigation Risks.”
SourceFranklin Mutual Series Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-21 · accession 0001193125-26-360573 · series S000007863 · open the filing
Dollar General Corporation · 28 May 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Workforce & human rights
Should Dollar General assess the human rights risks its own operations create?
Shareholders asked for an assessment of the human rights risks arising from the company’s operations and business relationships, and for the findings to be published.
FOR Franklin Mutual Quest Fund voted with 279,126 shares
“To vote on a shareholder proposal asking the Board to report on the feasibility of adopting a comprehensive human rights policy stating the Company's commitment to respect human rights, in alignment with international human rights standards, throughout its operation and value chain.”
SourceFranklin Mutual Series Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-21 · accession 0001193125-26-360573 · series S000007863 · open the filing
Meta Platforms, Inc. · 27 May 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Workforce & human rights
Should Meta Platforms assess the human rights risks its own operations create?
Shareholders asked for an assessment of the human rights risks arising from the company’s operations and business relationships, and for the findings to be published.
AGAINST Franklin Mutual Quest Fund voted with 46,338 shares
“A shareholder proposal regarding report on human rights due diligence.”
SourceFranklin Mutual Series Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-21 · accession 0001193125-26-360573 · series S000007863 · open the filing
Adobe Inc. · 15 April 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Pay equity & inclusion
Should Adobe disclose, or change, who sits on its board?
Shareholders asked the company to publish a board skills-and-diversity matrix, or to commit to a minimum representation of women among its directors.
AGAINST Franklin Mutual Quest Fund voted with 131,791 shares
“Stockholder Proposal Regarding Board Matrix.”
SourceFranklin Mutual Series Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-21 · accession 0001193125-26-360573 · series S000007863 · open the filing
Adobe Inc. · 15 April 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Executive pay
Should shareholders get a vote before Adobe pays a departing executive?
Shareholders asked the company to seek shareholder approval for any severance package to a senior executive above a set multiple of salary and bonus — so that very large exit payments cannot be agreed by the board alone.
AGAINST Franklin Mutual Quest Fund voted with 131,791 shares
“Stockholder Proposal Regarding Vote on Golden Parachutes.”
SourceFranklin Mutual Series Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-21 · accession 0001193125-26-360573 · series S000007863 · open the filing
Meta Platforms, Inc. · 27 May 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Executive pay
Regarding annual vote regarding executive pay.
FOR Franklin Mutual Quest Fund voted with 46,338 shares
“A shareholder proposal regarding annual vote regarding executive pay.”
SourceFranklin Mutual Series Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-21 · accession 0001193125-26-360573 · series S000007863 · open the filing
Colgate-Palmolive Company · 8 May 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder
Should the person who runs Colgate-Palmolive also chair the board that supervises them?
Shareholders asked the company to require that the chair of the board be an independent director rather than the chief executive, so that the body overseeing management is not led by the person being overseen.
FOR Franklin Mutual Quest Fund voted with 452,523 shares
“Stockholder proposal entitled "Independent Board Chairman."”
SourceFranklin Mutual Series Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-21 · accession 0001193125-26-360573 · series S000007863 · open the filing
Other funds Franklin Mutual Series Funds votes
The same filer reports these alongside this one, in the same annual filing.
No 401(k) plan we index offers this fund. Its record is here because the fund files it with the SEC, as every fund must: whoever holds it, in an IRA, a brokerage account or a plan we have not indexed, the fund votes those shares as shown on this page.